October 2009

happy hallows eve

from our house to yours. katie trying on her “sen sen” costume…the boys will be clone troopers…of course. today i’m off to make some pumpkin soup (wish me luck), avoid the super cold weather, completely ignore the “hellish white fluffy stuff that has fallen out of the sky to bring on seasonal depression” also known […]

look at you guys go

yes it’s true i’ve reduced my self to drinking…late at night. and not even Diet Dr. Pepper my first love. between being “mom!” and “honey.” i’ve been trying to create some cute new things (well i think they are cute) and doing it by trying to stay up late like i used to… so yes […]

this, that. and a mini tutorial

as you can see, no big tutorial today. we were hit hard last week with the flu. we’re out the other end of the tunnel with kids finally feeling better. thank you for the well wishes! currently you will find me still lysol-ing and opening up windows to air out our house “just in case”. […]

things i’m crushing on: what’s your virtue lip gloss

so i’m a lip gloss kind of girl. these lip glosses are some of my fave. check out their story and what i say about them here! and psst if you enter in the code VandCo15 at checkout, you to get a 15% off discount on your whole purchase!

cow stalkers

recent happenings around V and Co’s stomping ground that night we had what sounded like a stampede of cows mooing so loud we went out there with a flash light to see what was going on (and to make sure they hadn’t plowed through our fence) what we found were 50+ cows all staring into […]

winner of katie cupcake patterns

well my friends, can i call you that? yes i think i will. thank you for supporting my sponsors and supporting my silliness. there isn’t anything better than to hear complete strangers tell you they love your hotness and your legs. as well as all the love you guys left for her about her creative […]

kati cupcake giveaway

tutorials

giveaway has been closed hope you all had a lovely weekend. thank you so much for the lovely sentimental comments you gave me on my boys’ quilts. you made snot drip out of my nose with the tears you created. thank you for being so lovely to me! okay snot aside here’s what we’re doing […]

alright park city girl

so it’s been nagging me that i wasn’t going to enter the blog quilt festival. i mean i have nothing that you havn’t seen already. and well everything that i’m working on…is just that, things i’m still working on. nothing finished. but it kept eating at me. amy said it didn’t need to be fancy […]

on the 12th day of canning

my apple trees gave to me: 12 jars of apple pie filling (find recipe here) 11 jars of apple butter (find recipe here) 10 sticky fingers 9 cans of apple sauce (find recipe here) 8 new ways to use swear words 7 nights of hard sleeping 6 apple dumplings (find my sis in law HEATHER’S […]

hello fall

all things fall are happening over here. this banner was made to add just a little more fall to the place. my house smells like apple pie (oh i can’t wait to show you all my canning! it’s sooo pretty!) as a matter of fact i was so in the fall mood this last weekend, […]

(i can’t believe it’s) zucchini crisp recipe

i’ve become quite sentimental about traditions as of late. i want “US” to have lot of them. i want our kids to have the opportunity to expect things on certain occasions. we’re actually working on quite a few around here as we speak. *like every morning after my early a.m. walk, i wake everyone up […]

a soft place to land giveaway

you know the fab blog a soft place to land? well little miss kimba is doing a giveaway of 4 of my patterns OR a finished set of my decorative fabric balls. so go on and give yourself a chance to win and check out her awesome diy day entries!

tutorial: garden fresh fabric tomatoes (and pumpkins)

yes, made out of a simple abundance layer cake, and can be found at the Moda Bake shop. go on over and check out the tutorial for these little ladies, and if you happen to go to quilt market make sure you give them a little hello, for they are going to be there. along […]

tutorial: pine cone wreath (and guest blogging)

beautify your home for the fall season with this super cheap and easy wreath, that looks like a million bucks! oh now see i told you i was going to do a craft with all those pine cones. and here it is. but guess what…i got to rule over at U-Create for the day as […]

last weekend

we got to do a few things as a family…and we worked pretty hard. first, we picked our apples from our trees in our back yard. and that picture doesn’t show all of the apples we picked! yeah, i’ll be up to my armpits canning apple pie filling this coming week. then we went on […]